Body size and the division of niche space: Food and predation differentially shape the distribution of Serengeti grazers

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 201-213

  Hopcraft, J Grant C ^a,b   Anderson, T Michael ^c   Pérez Vila, Saleta ^a   Mayemba, Emilian ^d   Olff, Han ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Serengeti Wildlife Research Center   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Allometry; Consumer resource interaction; Herbivore distribution; Predator prey; Predator safe refugia; Resource selection; Risk forage trade off; Ruminant; Trophic structure; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CENSUS; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; GRASS; GRAZING; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; NICHE; PHYTOMASS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REFUGIUM; RESOURCE SELECTION; RUMINANT; SAVANNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRADE-OFF; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BUFFALO; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; HISTOLOGY; KENYA; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BODY SIZE; BUFFALOES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TANZANIA;

SERENGETI; TANZANIA;

ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS; BOVIDAE; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS; GAZELLA THOMSONII; MAMMALIA; SYNCERUS CAFFER; UNGULATA;

EID: 83155181646     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01885.x     Document Type: Article

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